as attention to the place that some gulag of our times. iraq's prime minister asked the world for help in fighting terror in his country as archie looks at the numbers which suggest there's been a rapid rise of insurgency across the whole planet. bombing a sovereign country and getting away with it israeli warplanes reportedly strike syria yet again they wouldn't do it one couldn't. but everybody knows they did. this in the midst of syria's civil war as the government tries to meet international obligations and complete the first stage of its chemical chemical disarmament. from cruising the cyberspace to banged up in prison to what came for the governments and britain looks into reinforcing its new cyber defense force with convicted hackers but not all the cyber criminals are keen to sign up. for.

life from our studios in moscow you're watching r t with me and he said no way our top story iraq's prime minister is in the u.s. asking for help to fight the al qaeda terror attacks that are ripping his country apart on a daily basis. fooled by all countries and societies worldwide we call for an international war a global war against terror while he's been in washington a series of bombs have rocked his home country at least twenty three lives were claimed by violence in various regions of iraq all this adds to a global wave of attacks which could make twenty thirteen the deadliest year for terrorism in history beating even twenty twelve's death toll of fifteen thousand

and starts he's going to to can reports the most active terror groups are all aligned with al-qaeda even twelve years after the u.s. launched a war against it. terrorist attacks have more thing since two thousand and one when the u.s. began its war on terror the number of attacks and fatalities has reached a record high the national consortium for the study of terrorism and responses to terrorism estimates last year alone there were more than eight thousand five hundred terrorist attacks worldwide they killed more than fifteen thousand five hundred people across africa asia and the middle east you walk faces an incredible surge of violence this year they recorded six thousand civilian deaths here is how terrorists skyrocketed in iraq following the u.s. invasion in two thousand and three. the iraqi prime minister is here in washington he just said his nation is facing quote a war of genocide and that the revolutions in the region have made it worse. was

a power vacuum was created another terrorist organizations were able to exploit it in getting ground they benefited from the fall of state structures terrorists now flocked to syria for safe haven and the firth of syria is from a deal between the opposition and the government the closer it is to becoming the failed state where al qaeda and groups similar to al qaeda rule the day so as all these countries iraq syria libya face growing terror washington says they decimated al qaeda leadership and al qaeda is not as dangerous as before as a result of the enormous pressure we've put on the group we have eliminated all of al qaeda senior leadership in afghanistan and pakistan and because the current leaders about leaders of al qaeda core so worried about their personal safety they're far less able to plan attacks but the words don't match numbers

if anything during the years of washington's war on terror terror only grew in washington i'm going to. africa is seeing a surge of radicalism you spoke to iraq war veteran michael prysner about the issue and he believes the first step to stopping all of this is shutting down drone campaigns. the first thing that would go on a really long way to changing this situation is closing down all of the u.s. military bases that are in over one hundred thirty countries around the world many of them muslim countries ending the regular drone strikes that take place on these countries and of course kind of a daily terrorism and acted by the united states against other countries through drones you know that there's this term that they use to justify all of this is termed american exceptionalism which of course is an offensive term to many people but it's real meaning is that the exception is that the u.s. considers itself having the right to attack anybody in the world at any time to

kill anybody in the world at any time to torture anybody in the world at any time to arrest anybody in the world at any time that to spy on anyone in the world at any time but that is that their definition of american exceptionalism which is driving this policy. dr weil that for as director of the future of terrorism project says brute force won't be enough to get rid of terrorism its ideological roots should be pulled out first. the growth of the harvest production meaning there are many ideological schools indoctrinating radicalizing and creating a much wider demography of the hardest and then you have another structure that is a car or a variety of other jihadist groups and in many countries who are recruiting so the pool is getting larger problem is that over the past few years the administration

policy makers in the united states are not acknowledging the fact that behind that in addition to political issues that are very versatile around the world there is one common root which is the ideology so if you don't identify the ideology if you don't work with civil society if you don't work with moderates in the arab and muslim world and in other regions as well if you don't have a plan for that in addition to just sending drones and military operations we're not going to be able to stop recruitment to al qaida and others. so with the war on terror rumbling on today peter the veil and his gas discuss america's use of drones to fight militants in pakistan and the consequences for the people of the country crosstalk is coming up for you next hour. the jodi issue is something that we can talk about and we should talk about and we should change it really has to be from the american people who are starting to get educated about this issue and starting to organize and protest you know we demand others live up to a standard of accountability that we don't hold up to ourselves.

countering terrorism is still the main argument american politicians used to justify spy programs but some u.s. authorities are more or less admitting it's gone too far at least according to the latest comments made by america's secretary of state john kerry said these activities were taking place without his or the president's knowledge happening on automatic pilot because the technology and the ability are there at the end as. a chief question diplomats attempts to plead ignorance following comments from a former u.s. ambassador that surveillance on foreign leaders has little to do with national security keith alexander suggested it's the policy makers who decided who to monitor including embassadors a rift is growing in washington political establishment as the buck is passed over who is actually responsible for the spying which is cause a loss of trust at home and among allies well that breach of trust in germany

could see edward snowden come to berlin to testify over the u.s. wiretapping of chancellor angela merkel's phone in a letter to german authorities the former n.s.a. contractor expressed hope that growing support for what he did will prompt washington to abandon what he called harmful behavior or has the details according to the member of the german parliament edward snowden is they're willing to come to germany and testify against and they say of course that is the story that is being told by the opposition member of the german parliament who has met with mr snowden in moscow on thursday of course at this point to stay in germany find himself in sort of hot water considering the fact that it has been revealed that a mystery has been listening to the phone private conversation for private phone conversations all of german chancellor angela merkel and that is of course edward snowden is said that he's willing to come only if there are certain conditions which are going to be met it is probably useful to remember that germany was one of

those many states who have refused to snowden simply for asylum which he has made earlier this year the russian hasn't and dedrick snowden has been living here every since said this summer and according to snowden's russian lawyer that you can see any he has just been granted a job at one of russia's top computer companies as a technical specialist however we do not know which company that is because of course of the security measures. israel launched another strike inside syria according to u.s. media reports citing an. fishel at the white house the target was a military base in the west of the country which stored a missile arsenal apparently destined for hezbollah in lebanon and the israeli military flow has refused to confirm or deny that attack near the port city of latakia even took place this is not the first time the country has been accused of breaching syria's sovereignty and bombing targets there have been three similar attacks this year in january may and july and israeli leadership refused to confirm

that as well analysts say this will continue to happen as long as a powerful ally has israel's back. you do not have the right to return to another sovereign nation and israel has done that and if we had a functioning government according to war and went function according to war this would be condemned and israel would be reprimanded and force would behave like a sovereign nation. it won't. but everybody knows they did it and that's the way they operate. and i don't accept that and should not accept it and the only reason it is accepted is because the president united states obama allies were to occur otherwise you could not occur. syria may now have destroyed all of its equipment used to produce toxic weapons but the job is just

beginning this is the first time a nation has gone through a process of chemical disarmament during a time of war and as policy or reports from damascus that makes the task far from straightforward. dangerous and dirty that's how the nobel prize committee just scribed the work of chemical weapons inspectors inside syria not to mention a brutally tight deadline october twenty five damascus provides a detailed plan of its chemical weapons stockpiles done october twenty seven foreign inspectors visited all declared sites missed and by today syria finishes destroying all equipment used in the production and mixing of poison gas and nerve agents done yesterday we should eliminate. what about a week but you know this is a very complicated the process complications filled by so called security concerns and that's the reason why one deadline already has been missed one of the biggest problems the team faces is how to access sites in rebel controlled areas so far the

rebels have been unwilling to cooperate part inspectors have managed to visit twenty one of twenty three so. and although they haven't furby blamed the rebels damascus insists it's doing its share until now. those. sites being visited are under government control and we hope those who are controlling the. two groups two of them to implement what they are expected to implement it's the most difficult mission if undertaken by the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons destroying a country's chemical weapons stockpile in the midst of a civil war surely with syria actually stop producing chemical weapons in one thousand nine hundred eight as a possessed alternatives that can be a strategic substitution and are not in conflict with international law but none of this on says the reason why foreign inspectors are in damascus in the first place a chemical attack on august twenty first in which hundreds of people were killed

off two rockets with seven gets fired at damascus the suburbs those responsible austerlitz knowledge the next deadline in the destruction of syria's chemical weapons program is the middle of next year by then damascus must have destroyed over moved its entire stockpile and ambitious timeline in very difficult circumstances policy r.t. damascus. foreigners coming up for you after a short break stay with r.t. . world. science technology innovation all the latest developments around russia we've got the future covered. wealthy british stock.

market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's cause or for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kaiser report. welcome back you're with r.t. in britain people convicted of cyber crimes could get a chance of redemption by joining the cyber defense force computer specialist could

find themselves working alongside regular armed forces to defend national security but many hackers are less than willing to be part of it nor smith found out why. the life and times of a hack in britain from cruising through cellular space to banged up in prison to what could for the government as details of the u.k.'s proposed defense school. officials admit that considering hiring convicts it's just all the you know is the implication is right that in black and white that it's ok for governments to have people but if people have governments it's a cry most of. those stats conveyed to depok he paid the price and is now studying computer science soon he'll be looking for a job but he will be looking to the government think it's it's quite. on the head of the government doesn't try to hike on for two. years because i feel that people

would still like to see the type of state sponsored religion i think they should be trying to confuse the curate's security for everyone trying to help governments to chip breaking the books which presumably were based on intelligence from my fix and the plan is to get g c h q the communications agency to help train up the. phone and the revelation is that you know g c h q within call did the valence of british citizens it doesn't exactly have the best reputation at the moment but maybe the woods national security have become time to bow to swearing given all the must have been some computer studies you've had every year it's quite difficult to buy into just. national security especially when national security seems you still seem to infringe on basic civil liberties experts say even the name is a misnomer. it's a cyber war as would just be the defense it'll have attack capabilities to ready to

lower strikes on any foreign power perceived as a threat if the future of walls is in cyberspace the future of her is still her king just taking a government salary for it. there's always plenty more for you on our website including a jet setting life to cut costs up the story of how commuting from barcelona to london may say may even save you money i should say converts of life from the british capital to the details are in our new section. also there are us judge shuts down a doctor's attempt to make the public aware of health risks of fracking had to argue dot com for the full story. protests in rome over elling housing policies left six people injured most of them police officers security forces used tear gas to disperse the provocative crowd demanding the

government control accommodation costs and stop mass of actions corrado who witnessed the walkout says clashes were inevitable. what i saw is that there were some people. who came to the demonstration with the helmets and so i think their intention was really to start a fight with the police and not to have a peaceful protest well i think the police and the situation correctly they're only hostile to was to hold the smoke bombs but only because they're being attacked by the protesters i think what happened is very symbolic of what is happening right now in the nation the government isn't really much caring about the progress because i think they have bigger issues like the survival of the government itself . you can find the best images as well as background of what's causing this unrest online the report is only a few clicks away from you at r.t.

dot com. both many italians are unhappy with what they are being forced to the way they are being forced to live for immigrants it can be even worse those who come in search of a better life often find themselves in squalid conditions no better than the ones they left behind groups can of went to take a look. some call it a city within a city others a refugee ghetto it's like we're still in africa refugees from four african countries over twelve hundred people all crammed inside a former university building in room now known as palace meeting. coming. here. to film and sign the rooms but a doctor treating the refugees agreed to describe the conditions of the. dog there are thirty five tabs and thirty five showers and eighty percent of them need to be

repaired the beds are all sin of very bad condition actually a lot of people sleep in cardboard thousands of refugees have been flocking to italy mainly across the mediterranean in search of a. better life but the country's only economic problems including the worst recession since the second world war provide very little opportunity at the same time. obliges all refugees to stay in the country where they receive asylum those who manage to avoid registration go further north as illegals but those who don't won't cause shelters are running out of space for all the newcomers without a job or even a place to sleep where do you go for the majority it's the train stations the meeting point for possible work or some carriage during the day and makeshift shelter at night which is on a space so long sometimes immigrants from different countries fight each other like the old band and those from bangladesh for example pennies i don't want this area they may get there are a lot of them here various nationalities at first they came from southern countries

now also from eastern ones the whole region is full of immigrants. polish or it is in gadget very strong activity but live along well also you must be. solve this problem the e.u. has pledged to give an additional thirty million euros for italy to build more shelters for the refugees but it's unlikely this will help create new jobs or ease the flow of immigrants all together because it's going off r.t. rolled. some other news now from around the world three palestinian gunmen have been killed by an israeli air strike targeting a smuggling tunnel in the gaza strip the attack followed an overnight exchange between hamas militants and israeli defense forces near another tunnel which left five i.d.f. soldiers wounded and a militant leader dead it was the worst violence between palestinians and israel since both sides agreed a cease fire last november. hundreds of people took to the streets of rio de

janeiro in brazil protesting against recent crackdown on demonstrators that mass rallies down. orthodox protests non-strikers stage performances dresses comic book characters and play dead activists claimed police have been using violent tactics and resorting to mass arrests. tens of thousands of laborers across indonesia are on the second day of a nationwide strike people are demanding more benefits and higher pay thousands of police have been deployed to safeguard the capital and surrounding areas the cost of living in indonesia has to dramatically increase following soaring inflation and a weakening local currency. now shocking revelations have unveiled systematically and abuse of elderly patients in nursing homes are these tests are silly and spoke to a woman who blew the whistle on one facility shut down after falling far short of delivering

just the most basic level of care. where he would west sussex right in front of a care what we know up until two years ago it was operating by a private group called southern cross it was called the orchid view care home and wouldn't this quiet part of west sussex it was the center of much controversy what in two thousand and eleven it was shut down after had violated eight essential guidelines of the care quality commission or c q c a recent quarterly report also found that there was institutionalized abuse throughout the whole over here and also with the coroner ruled that neglect had led to the deaths of five elderly people there were instances of wrong doses of medicine being given to residents or calls the need more generally just a low standard of care being given but none of these would have come to light if not for the decision of one of their staff to blow the whistle of what was going on inside it was a very tough decision i didn't come home and do it lightly it is the wrong going to do and they all ring the place. but and i just thought i couldn't going to work

every day. you know we were saying time and time again there was a problem and that. you know nobody wanted to do anything lisa martin was working as a this is administrative manager would always give you she lifted the lid of what was going on in there and her actually led to an inquest and eventual closure of the home she was later made redundant that's something she didn't expect and she's been looking for a job since how do you survive right now the docs and. i say this and i fall off prime my mortgage and my children by month go are you happy about the fact that what you did is leading to some sort of change in the entire industry yeah of course yeah yeah i think it needs to be tightened up by . i think you know and i think they need to pay you know some something for whistle if you do that you know hey raise your support network you know thank you very much

and you know you get on with it now the chief of the social care services are already laid out to set new guidelines to inspect monitor and regulate care homes and a public consultation is expected to take place sometime in the spring two thousand and fourteen but it may be a tough battle as lisa martin pointed out that what she knew back then and blew the whistle on was just the tip of the iceberg and that it may take more whistleblowers to reveal the extent of the problems i have next it's politicking with larry king. the office of civil rights in the city of seattle washington has told city

employees that certain terms may not be used in official emails and discussions according to google fox news these terms should be brown bag and citizen ninety nine percent of americans when they hear the expression brown bag think of taking a nice healthy lunch you know in a brown paper bag to work with themselves but in politically correct insanity land these words are an obvious reminder of the days when a person's skin color was compared to a brown paper bag to determine race well if any were even remotely linked to an incident of racism needs to be banned then we've got to get rid of the word blanket because they give the native americans disease till blankets to kill them and they block their land with beads so we've got to get rid of that word to remember the separate drinking fountains and segregated buses based on race in america yes so we can't say those words anymore either or we might just possibly remember something bad which could lead to the ultimate horror of the modern western world unpleasant thoughts we see them. out of western countries the term citizen becoming offensive because it makes resident foreigners legal or illegal feel like second class people

who compared actual citizens legally you kind of are if you're offended that you are not treated as a citizen of seattle why not assimilate become a citizen of the united states join the team but that's just my opinion. is the united states spying on its allies and turmoil continues for obamacare democratic congressman adam schiff and republican congresswoman lean terry join us for the hill was the blazes amy holmes and democratic strategist for the dollar face off on u.s. spying obamacare or its all tell it up next on politics with larry.

the ticking of larry king and we start today with reaction to the latest revelations about the n.s.a. surveillance activities the agency hasn't just to have phone calls of millions of americans but those of top u.s. allies overseas joining us from capitol hill to discuss this is democratic congressman a member of the house permanent select committee on intelligence adam schiff of california oh what do you make of this adam of. tapping in on foreign leaders who are allies. well it larry i'm not able to confirm or deny with those reports are correct but if they are correct obviously this is a good to cause a major disruption and even the perception is causing major disruption with our allies i think this is something that should be briefed to congress if it's going

on it's not something that i was briefed on and i know that the senate intelligence committee chair feels exactly the same way because ultimately this is a tough policy decision that should be carefully weighed because of its potential disruptive impact certainly there is some spying that goes on even among allies and i think that's understood but when you get to the level of the heads of state or a personal telephone i think there's a different expectation and as the president said and i think quite rightly we need to make sure that our intelligence gathering is consistent with our values and is not going to jeopardize these key relationships and so i'm looking to get to the bottom right now larry of whether the committee was made aware of this if it's going on and to make sure that the intelligence community has the same understanding that we on the committee do what it means in the intelligence act when it requires that significant.